Joseph Avent
1816 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Joseph Avent was born in 1816 (son of Peter Avent and Mary E. Sharp).
2. Peter Avent was born in 1779 in North Carolina (son of Isham Avent); died in Mississippi. Peter married Mary E. Sharp about 1815. Mary (daughter of Isaac Sharp and Mary Ross) was born about 1780; died in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary E. Sharp was born about 1780 (daughter of Isaac Sharp and Mary Ross); died in Mississippi. Children:
- 1. Joseph Avent was born in 1816.
- Thomas Avent was born in 1830 in Anderson Co., Tennessee.
Generation: 3
4. Isham Avent was born in 1744 in Northampton Co., North Carolina (son of Lt. Peter Avent and Amy Massie). Children:
- 2. Peter Avent was born in 1779 in North Carolina; died in Mississippi.
6. Isaac Sharp was born about 1759. Isaac married Mary Ross. Mary was born about 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Ross was born about 1760. Children:
- 3. Mary E. Sharp was born about 1780; died in Mississippi.
Generation: 4
8. Lt. Peter Avent was born in 1720 in Surry Co., Virginia (son of Col. Thomas Avent and Margaret Elizabeth Gooch); died on 8 May 1779 in Northampton Co., North Carolina. Peter married Amy Massie on 3 Jun 1742 in Brunswick Co., Virginia. Amy (daughter of Joseph Massie and Elizabeth Washington Lanier) was born between 1718 and 1720 in Brunswick Co., Virginia; died between 1776 and 1777 in Northampton Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Amy Massie was born between 1718 and 1720 in Brunswick Co., Virginia (daughter of Joseph Massie and Elizabeth Washington Lanier); died between 1776 and 1777 in Northampton Co., North Carolina. Children:
- Lucy Avent was born between 1756 and 1762 in Northampton Co., Virginia; died in 1825 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina.
- Rebecca Avent was born in 1764 in Ashe Co., North Carolina; died in 1853 in Carroll Co., Tennessee.
- Elizabeth Avent was born on 12 Sep 1752 in Brunswick Co., Virginia; died in 1844 in Lee Co., Virginia.
- William Avent was born between 1755 and 1758 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex Co., Virginia; died on 11 Nov 1811 in Aventon, Nash Co., North Carolina.
- Rev. Joseph Avent was born between 1740 and 1743 in Northampton Co., North Carolina; died in 1801 in Washington Co., Georgia.
- Thomas Avent was born on 22 Apr 1760 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex Co., Virginia; died in 1781 in Nash Co., North Carolina.
- 4. Isham Avent was born in 1744 in Northampton Co., North Carolina.
- John Avent was born on 16 Mar 1745.
- Morning Avent was born about 1761.
- Peter Avent was born on 4 Feb 1749; died in 1780 in Sussex Co., Virginia.